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Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital

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ID Code YKAWAHARA0008
Title Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital
Photographer Yotsugi Kawahara
Date On August 9, 1945
Location Senda-machi
Distance from hypocenter 1500meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Looking up at the second floor (north-northwest), facing the entrance of the main building. The window frames were pushed in and the glass was broken by the bomb's blast at an angle of almost 45 degrees from the hypocenter. The second floor sustained heavier damage than the first floor. The tree on the right mysteriously survived.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima
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